Avery Boy & girl
How popular is Avery?
#37 girl name in 2025
5,267 baby girls were named Avery in the US in 2025, making it the 37th most popular girl name. Another 1,156 boys got the name (#291 for boys).
Avery popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #37 for girls (▼ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5,267 girls, 1,156 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #16 in 2015, #19 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (9,578 girls) |
| Highest rank | #12 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 20% boys, 80% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Avery counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Avery family of names ranked #42 for girls in 2025 (#36 the year before), with 5,885 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Avery is most popular
Babies named Avery per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 10.9 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Wyoming: 10.1 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Alaska: 8.9 per 1,000 (77 girls)
- New Hampshire: 8.4 per 1,000 (155 girls)
- Delaware: 8.2 per 1,000 (93 girls)
Avery by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1900s | 37 | #1,438 |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,521 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,931 |
| 1930s | 79 | #2,153 |
| 1940s | 112 | #1,899 |
| 1950s | 149 | #2,259 |
| 1960s | 168 | #2,511 |
| 1970s | 318 | #1,917 |
| 1980s | 952 | #957 |
| 1990s | 6,697 | #206 |
| 2000s | 41,706 | #32 |
| 2010s | 82,921 | #12 |
| 2020s | 36,617 | #19 |
Girl names about as popular as Avery
Questions
- Is Avery a boy or girl name?
- Avery is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 20% of babies named Avery were boys and 80% were girls.
- How popular is the name Avery?
- 5,267 baby girls were named Avery in the US in 2025, making it the 37th most popular girl name. Another 1,156 boys got the name (#291 for boys).
- When was Avery most popular?
- Avery peaked in 2014, when 9,578 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #12 in 2013.
- How many people are named Avery?
- 236,886 babies have been named Avery in the US since 1880. We estimate about 230,203 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Avery most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Avery was most common in Vermont, at 10.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.